Made up of organs and special cells that fight infection.
What is immune system?
100
Bacteria that is spread from person to person through sharing food and drink or touching. It causes strep throat.
What is streptocuccus?
100
Sore throat, sneezing, congestion,headache, and a runny nose.
What are symptoms of a common cold?
200
One-celled organism that is found everywhere
What is bacterium?
200
A widespread occurence of a disease.
What is epidemic?
200
These Host defense molecules are amphipathic and cause membrane disruption
What are defensins?
200
A bacterial infection caused by very slow-growing organisms that is spread by coughing, which releases the bacteria in the air. A PPD test can tell the doctor if you have the infection.
What is tuberculosis?
200
Fever, chills, and body aches,etc.
What are symtoms of the flu?
300
Virus
What is an extremely small organism that consists of only a protein coat and some genetic material?
300
A disease in 1832 caused by bacteria due to contaminated water that had sewage.
What is cholera?
300
The reaction of the body to a germ that has gotten inside the body.
What is immune response?
300
Open areas in your skull that are located behind your face and above your mouth.
What is sinuses?
300
A substance that is used to keep a person from getting a disease.
What is vaccine?
400
An organism that lives in a host organism.
What is a parasite?
400
Discovered pencillin.
Who is Alexander Fleming?
400
Cells that engulf the cells that have been infected by viruses.
What is macrophages?
400
A condition inwhich you sinsuses fill with mucus and become infected with bacteria.
What is sinusitis?
400
Passed through infected saliva, and sometimes called the "kissing disease".
What is mononucleosis?
500
A disease that can be passed directly from one person to another person.
What is a contagious disease?
500
A drug that kills or slows the growth of bacteria.
What is an antibiotic?
500
Cells that macrophages signal to destroy virus-infected cells.
What is T-cells?
500
A test the doctor gives to tell if you have strep throat.
What is a throat culture?
500
Swollen glands in the neck, fever, feeling tired, and sore throat.